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The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and research with direct access to the IMFʹs periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and so much more. -- Publisher description.

bizjournals provides links to online editions of the 40 American City Business Journals publications, which offer business news, information, and commentary about their respective markets. Content includes local business news, current headlines, and advice.

Elsevier Science presents the full text of handbooks on economics. The topics of the books include development economics, income distribution, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, public economics, regional and urban economics, and health economics.

FRASER consists of an open archive of image files, predominantly statistical publications, and data extracted from those publications within an automated system that allows retrieval of both images and data. The database is designed to retain information linking each data point to its source publication, including the date of publication. The automated data retrieval system allows users to select any desired subset of FRASER's images and data. Other types of publications on FRASER provide analysis of and context for the data. Various types of documents have been digitized, including:Government data publications, Statistical releases, Congressional hearings, * Reports by various organizations, Books, Publications of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Publications of the Federal Reserve Banks, Statements and speeches of Fed policymakers, Archival materials of economic policymakers.

Provides access to documents and information of and about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an organization that promoted international commerce and the reduction of trade barriers among member states from 1947-1994. ) Includes over 59,000 public documents and more than 300 publication. The public documents include reports, studies, and meeting records covering a broad range of topics related to international trade in the post-war period.

Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.

Provide access to digitized books (over 3,500), manuscripts (7,500 pages) and images (1,200) from the collections of Harvard University Libraries and Museums on the topic of women in the U.S. economy from 1800-1930.

Provides up-to-date information and news on 192 countries of the world. Includes political, economic, and business information for its clients in the form of Country Reviews and the Country Wire. Country Reviews provides a political and economic survey for each of the 192 countries. Country Wire provides online information updates from ten international news organizations; CountryWatch staff provides periodic data updates on the latest political, economic, corporate and environmental topics for individual countries. Country Bazaar provides sales information for a selection of country-specific books and music from around the world.

The Library Network, a cooperative network of World Bank and International Monetary Fund libraries, works to provide information services and resources about publicly available library materials to World Bank and IMF staff. Includes access to the network's online library catalog, JOLIS, with references to books, journals, articles and more.

UNEP.Net delivers authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers committed to making their information freely available to the whole spectrum of users of environmental information.

The U.S. Census Bureau offers information on products and data related to the U.S. Census 2000. The bureau discusses resident population and apportionment, final response rates, the Census 2000 questionnaire, maps, 1990 Census information, and a FAQ section.

The World Bank, in close collaboration and consultation with the various International Organizations such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Center (ITC), United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) and World Trade Organization (WTO) have developed WITS for access and retrieval of information on various trade and tariffs data compilation maintained by various International Organizations: The Commodity Trade (UN COMTRADE) database maintained by The United Nation Statistical Division (UNSD); The Trade Analysis Information System (TRAINS) maintained by The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); The Integrated Data Base (IDB) and the Consolidated Tariff Schedule Data Base (CTS) maintained by The World Trade Organization (WTO); NOTE: Individual registration is prerequisite to using the WITS software. Registration is free.